Lucknow: State capital recorded hottest day of the season on Thursday with maximum temperature touching 43.6 degrees Celsius amid heatwave conditions across UP. Sharp rise in temperature forced many residents to remain indoors during afternoon hours as hot winds swept through the city.Major roads and marketplaces witnessed thin crowds during peak daytime hours. People venturing…
In Tamil Nadu politics, memory is not just emotion, it is currency. And no political memory carries more weight than that of J Jayalalithaa, the late AIADMK supremo revered as “Amma,” whose political legacy continues to shape electoral calculations nearly a decade after her death.Now, former AIADMK chief VK Sasikala is attempting a political comeback…
For centuries Vastu Shastra has been used as a guide for designing and laying out homes, temples and workplaces in India. The principles of Vastu, based on the belief that different natural energies are associated with different directions, still today influence modern architecture and interior design. The most frequent question homeowners ask is what is…
A GIDC officer said that providing artisans with access to organised workspace, utilities and logistics will be beneficial as these facilities are typically unavailable in home-based settings Panaji: Continuing to focus on cluster-based development, the Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) has moved to establish a dedicated handicraft cluster at the Verna industrial estate. GIDC has…
The repair comes after videos showing potholes and the damaged stretch of the expressway circulated widely on social media. NEW DELHI: Repair work on a stretch of the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway has been completed after a road surface cave-in was detected following heavy overnight rainfall, officials said on Thursday.According to officials, a route patrolling team noticed…
Lucknow: Despite being the simplest and most cost-effective intervention, hand hygiene continues to be one of the weakest links in global healthcare systems, experts at SGPGI here said on Tuesday at a programme to mark World Hand Hygiene Day.Citing WHO estimates, they said that nearly 70% of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) can be prevented through effective…
Rahul Gandhi being taken away by police NEW DELHI: High drama unfolded outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence in Delhi on Tuesday as the Congress, led by Rahul Gandhi, arrived to stage a sit-in protest, catching security personnel off guard.The Congress leaders demanded the resignation of PM Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, and education…
New Delhi: Before dawn breaks over Delhi’s Lal Bagh slum, Reshma quietly leaves her small shack made of plastic sheets and sackcloth. The lanes are still dark when she begins rummaging through garbage piles for scrap and firewood. By the time the city wakes up, she has already spent hours working on an empty stomach.At…
Mumbai: After a citizens group questioned the large spend on pothole repairs by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) despite concretisation of the roads, the civic body revealed its spending on pothole repairs on roads other than Western and Eastern Express Highways has reduced by about 55% compared to last year.BMC stated it has floated tenders…
The demolition action was to be carried out in a phased manner, similar to the exercise conducted by Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) in private developer colonies Gurgaon: The citywide anti-encroachment drive of Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP), scheduled to begin Monday, has been put on hold.The decision comes as the Punjab and…
